Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration (21D)

This scope item shows the Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration in which Advanced Variant Configuration enables efficient state-of-the-art configuration for configurable products variants that reflect common definitions of a configurable material. The material variant is defined as a Bill of Material (BOM) where the components meet certain criteria. Initially, this material variant is produced and put into stock as later sales of it are anticipated by collection of Planned-Independent Requirements (PIRs). When a customer orders a fork lifter where the characteristics of the components meet those of the material variant, the fork lifter is taken directly from stock as production already happened based on PIRs. The sales price calculation is then based on the characteristics of the material variant. Since the material variant is available on stock, the fork lifter is directly delivered. The process finishes with the billing of the delivered fork lifter.

Key Process Steps Covered

• Execute Make-to-Stock production for material variants of the configurable product
• Create a customer sales order for a configured fork lifter resulting in a material variant
• Calculate sales prices based on characteristics of the material variant
• Process the delivery and billing for the customer

Benefits

• Improve your company's sales and manufacturing performance with integrated Advanced Variant Configuration
• Enable your sales business process to handle frequently required variants that are represented as material variants in sales and manufacturing and show the configuration on the print-out
• Produce material variants upfront to incoming sales orders based on expected demand
• Deliver customer sales order processing for material variants immediately if stock is available from production

Where is Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration(21D) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

• As a core function of Production Operations within Manufacturing Scope Item Group
• As a core function of Production Planning within Manufacturing Scope Item Group
• As a core function of Product Engineering within R&D/Engineering Scope Item Group
• As a core function of Product Lifecycle Management within R&D/Engineering Scope Item Group

Process flow of Make-to-Stock Production with Variant Configuration (21D)

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• Best Practices of Robotics Process Automation(RPA) with SAP Leonardo *2

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